Tissue packet



J. B. LYON TI 5 SUE PACKET Aug. 23, 1932.

Filed Jan. 5, 1932 Patented Aug. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE .miims 1B. LYON, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

TISSUE PACKET Application Med January 5, 1932. Serial No. 584,778.

- 10 lip surfaces and then to fashion out the coloring matter with the fingers so as to create the desired effect. Some of the lipstick adheres to the fingers and must be removed, and it is customary to remove the stain from the fingers by wiping with a towel, handkerchief orwhatever other soft fabric is conveniently at hand. The coloring matter customarily used in lipstick has the characteristic of becoming so adherent to or so dyeing the fabric with which it comes into contact as to make it practically an impossibility to restore the fabric that has been stained therewith to its original condition. This is particularly true of fine fabrics, such as silk handkerchiefs. As a consequence, a handkerchief that has once been used for removing lipstick is practically ruined as far as re-launde'ring and re-use are concerned. If the makeup operation were always performed in the boudoir or dressing room, it would be possible to obviate this loss by providing a less expensive fabric, but when it is borne in mind that in the average case renewing of the make-up takes place several times a day and usually under circumstances where it is necessary that the means for cleaning the fingers or removing the makeup should be carried on or about the person, it will be appreciated why it has been regarded as inconvenient to add to the contents of the handbag a quantity of a fabric material such as might ordinarily be provided in the home.

According to the present invention, the problem outlined above is solved by providing in an easily available and extremely com-' pact form a quantity of soft tissue, which may be either a textile fabric or a soft tissue paper, adapted to be carried in the handbag along with the lipstick and other cosmetics. Aside from the advantages of compactness and ready availability, the tissue packets have the further advantage that they are relatively inexpensive.

The invention will be described in greater detail by reference to the appended drawas ing, wherein Figs. 1 and 2 are pers ective views of forms of lipstick tissue packets in which the assembled sheets of the lipstick tissues are secured to a backing member;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the packet illustrated in Fig. 2.

The packets shown in Figs. -1, 2 and 3 are represented'as consisting of a' lipstick tissue assembly 20 enclosed in and secured along II I one side as at 22 to a flexible backing 24 provided with an extended port on 26 adapted to be folded over the top of the assembly and brought into engagement with a similar overlapped portion 28 in a manner similar to the covers of matchbooks now in general use.

The sheets are advantageously made of thin crepe tissue paper, such, for example, as that which is now more 'or less generally ll known ascleans ng tissue'because of its use in removing cold cream in treatments for beautifying the skin, Owing to their thinness these tissues have a tendency to adhere together when assembled. Therefore, in order to make it easier for the user to remove the sheets, or units of two or more sheets, one at a time, it is preferableto fold the sheets, either individually or in units of two or more sheets, with the line of fold outward or at the free end as shown at 30 in Figs. 1 and 2. This feature has the further advan tage of producing greater compactness while at the same time nsuring that the individual sheets of tissue shall be of ample size for the purpose intended. Ordinarily it' is found "to be more advantageous, both from the standpoint of affording greater satisfaction to the user and from the standpoint of simplifying manufacture, to fold the sheets in units of two sheets rather than as single sheets. Various means may be provided for facilitating removal of the sheets from the packet as desired. For example, the sheets maybe perforated along a line parallel to and ad'acent their points of attachment to the baclrin member, as shown at 32 in Fig. 1. As anot er expedient, a metallic or other suitable straight edged member 34 may be associated with the folded portion 28 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 so as to present a tearing off the sheet the line of tear parallels even without the grain. When this is done, the sheets may be removed with reasonable facility providing perforations or other aids.

While the invention has been described above more particularly with reference to the use of the tissue for removing lipstick, it is to be understood that the invention has application in other generally similar situations where cleansing tissue is now used for removing stains of variouskinds, creams, etc. from the fingers and other parts of the person. Furthermore, that feature of my invention wherein greater compactness is produced and ready removal of the individual sheets is facilitated by assembling the tissues in unitarily folded relation, is capable of general application in the toilet prodnets and cosmetic art. "The invention is not to be deemed as limited, therefore, in any respect other than as indicated in the appended claims. f

I claim:

-1. A lipstick tissue packet comprising a, backing member, an assembly of sheets of lipstick tissue disposed in superposed and unitarily folded relation on said backing member with the edge portions of each sheet remote from the fold thereof brought, to a position of approximate coincidence with one another and with the like'edges of the other sheets of said assembly, said sheets having said edge portions secured to said backing member. 2. A lipstick tissue packet comprising a backing member, an assembly of sheets of lipstick tissue disposed in superposed and unitarily folded relation on said backing member'with the edge portions of each sheet remote from the fold thereof brought to a position of approximate coincidence with one another and with the like edges of the other sheets of said assembly, said sheets having. said edge portions secured to said backing member and being perforated along a line adjacent their point of attachment to said backing member whereby their separation from said packet by tearing is facilitated.

3. As an article of manufacture, a book having bound therein an assembly of sheets of cleansin tissue dis osed in superposed and unitari y folded re ation with the edge portions of each sheet remote from the fold thereof brought to a position of approximate coincidence with one another and with the like edges of the other sheets of said assembly and secured within the binding of said book, said sheets being perforated along a line adjacent their bound portions whereby their separation from said book bytearing is facilitated.

4. As an article of, manufacture, a book having bound therein an assembly of sheets of cleansing tissue disposed in superposed I and unitarily folded relation with the edge portions of each sheet remote from the fold thereof brought to a position of approximate coincidence with one another and with the like edges of the other sheets of said assem- V bly and secured within the binding of said book,'said sheets being perforated along a line adjacent their bound portions whereby their separation from said book by tearing is facilitated, and a unitary flexible cover member having one end folded over the said coinciding edge portions of said assembled sheets and secured to said assembly adjacent thereto, said cover member having 1ts opposite end folded over the unbound end of said assembly and adapted to be brought into engagement with said first-mentioned end of said cover, thereby completely encircling said assembly and protecting the sheets thereof.

5. As an article of manufacture, a plurality of sheets of tissue paper assembled with cover means in book form, said sheets being disposed in superposed and unitarily folded relation with the edge port-ionsof each sheet remote from the foldthereof brought to a position of approximate coincidence with one another and with the like edges of the other sheets of the assembly, said cover means being secured'to the aforesaid edge portions of said assembled sheets, and means for facilitating severance of said sheets individually by tearing. r

' In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 31st day of December, 1931. I

' JAMES B. LYON.

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